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Amy L. King is a poet and writer based in Manchester. She is a Slam of the North and Say Owt champion and was winner of the inaugural Derby Poetry Festival Prize in 2023. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Magma, fourteen Poems, Ink Sweat & Tears, Under the Radar, Dust poetry magazine and DIVA magazine. Amy ran the award-winning spoken word night Verbose from 2021-23, and her work has featured on Kiss FM, BBC radio Sheffield and Platform B radio. She is currently working on her first pamphlet and has recently completed an MA in Creative Writing at the Manchester Metropolitan University.